Improvement in hubs for wheels



1. L. VAN WERT.

l Hub for Wheels. e No. 111,703. y Patented Feb. 7, 1871.

N. PE-rzns, Phommnogmpher. wmingwn. u. c.

Lares Patent No. 111,703, aerea February 7, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT iN HUBS FDR WHEELS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

.L1-ums L. vrswmr, of Tanna, County 0f Hampden, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have in vented anew and improved Hub for wheels, of which the following is aspecification.

My vinvention relates to an .improved form of hub, so constructed that the spokes can be inserted in the rim first, and then in the hub, thus obvating the nccessityof taking the rim apart and resetting the tire whenever one orinore of' the spokes become broken; also, arranging beneath each spoke a strip attached to a'ring which isi'astened to the box, the said strips beingl driven out against the ends ot' lthe spokes by means of a wedge, operated by a. nut, working on the box, for the purpose of tighteningr the spokes in the wheel, thus rendering it unnecessary to reset the tire.

In the drawing- Figure l shows a general sectional view of my in# vention.

Figure 2`shows a detail view ot' the arrangement for extending the spokes.

Figure 3 shows an exterior view oi' the hub complete. i

Eig-ure 4 shows a. 'slightly-different arrangement of my invention, wood beingr used instead of iron ir somo parts of the hub.

A is the axle.

B is the box.

C, the ring, having strips, a a a, attachedto it.

, D is the nut for driving the circular wedge E' bcneath the strips a.

F isthe nut for holding the box on the axle.

' G is the nut for holding together the two parts II K of the hub.

I will iirstdescribe my il'xrproveinent in the body of of the hub. I form it of two part-s, 'II K, provided with recesses, b b b,`in cach part, for the reception of the ends of the spoke, and, by this arrangement, it' one of the spokes becomes broken another can be insertcd without disturbing the rim or tire. .lhcse two parts II K are fastened together upon the box 'B by the nut G, before mentioned.

I vary the construction of this hub, in sonic cases, by the introduction of wood in place of metal, as shown in tig. 4; also, I arrange vthe ring C, keyed to thc box B or to the hub, and having strips, a., a., Jvc.,

` attached to it, which pass under each spoke, and are forced outward against the ends of' the spokes by the circular wedge E, operated .by the nut I), by which means the rim and'itire may be tightened or relaxed.

By this means, also, I obviate the necessity oi' constructing the spo-kes with shoulders bearing against the outside of the hub, and, bydoing away with the shoulder, I am able to use a larger tenou in the hab, thus increasing the strength of the wheel.

In put-ting the hub together the spokes are partially linserted in the recesses b', b, tvc., and the oppo'- site part of the-hub 4is placed on thc box, andthe nut G being screwed down upon'it, the spokes are driven into the recesses, and the parts H; K of' the hub come together, forming a solixlhub around the spokes. The nut G, when thc parts are` secured together, forms a part oithe end oi' the hub.

I arrange the box B within the hub, as shown, and provided with a shoulder, c, which sinks into a counter-boss in the end of 'the hub, and is prevented f'roln turning by a. key, which is driven into the hub.

Upon screwing up the'nut G against the part II the part K brings up against the shoulder e on the box,l thus forming a solid hub and box vcombnlral.

I claim- I 1. rlhe ring C, provided with strips, a, a, in combi` nation with the nut F and wedge E, operating substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

f2. Ineombination with the first clause ot' claim, the two parts I-I K, lrecesses 71, b, die., box E and nut G, the parts all being coi-istructcd substantially as shown and described.

` J. L. VAN \VElt'.l..

Witnesses J. B. GAnnINnn, 'L F. HYnn.

anni @dat l JAMES L. VAN WERT, OE TLLAND, MASSACHUSETTS. 

